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Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century

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A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to legitimate commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Filling a major gap in the literature, Martin Lynn's authoritative study of the trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa.

Language: English

Pages: 292

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: May 02, 2002

ISBN: 0521893267

ISBN 13: 9780521893268

Commerce and Economic Change in West Africa: The Palm Oil Trade in the Nineteenth Century

4/5 ( ratings)

A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to legitimate commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Filling a major gap in the literature, Martin Lynn's authoritative study of the trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa.

Language: English

Pages: 292

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: May 02, 2002

ISBN: 0521893267

ISBN 13: 9780521893268

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